🔥Cecily

SEHS-uh-lee

Feminine variation of Cecil

"blind"

Cecily Origin and Meaning

The name Cecily is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "blind".

Cecily is as dainty as a lace handkerchief. Cecily has a wide assortment of namesakes. One Cecily was the mother of King Richard III, whose beauty gained her the title "the Rose of Raby," Cecily Parsley is a Beatrix Potter bunny, Cecily Cardew is a character in The Importance of Being Earnest, and the author of the Gossip Girl books is Cecily von Ziegesar.

Sisters of Cecily that may also interest you: Cecilia, Cicely, and Celestia. Variant Cicely has a distinguished bearer in actress Cicely Tyson and was used by Sandra Bernhard for her now grown daughter..

Cecily Rank in US Top 1000

# 989 in the US

Cecily Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 346 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Cecily

• 346 Nameberry 2025
• 824 Unique 2023
• 876 Future 2028
• 680 England 2023

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Famous People Named Cecily

• Cecily Neville Duchess of York, mother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III of England
• Cecily of York Viscountess Welles, daughter of King Edward IV
• Cecily April Adams American actress and casting director
• Cecily Brown English painter
• Cecily Strong American actress and comedienne
• Cecily Joan Tynan American television journalist
• Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar American novelist
• Cecily Farr correspondent to writer Helene Hanff
• Cecily Polson Australian actress
• Cecily Barmore Chapman, (b. 1992), daughter of reality TV's Beth Chapman
• Sessilee Lopez American model

The name Cecily in Pop Culture

• Cecily King character in L.M. Montgomery's "Road To Avonlea".
• Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes children's book by Beatrix Potter.
• Cecily Cardew a character in Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest".
• Cecily Herondale character in "The Infernal Devices" series by Cassandra Clare.
• Cecily Ashby one of the sister brides in the Chemical Garden Trilogy by Lauren DeStefano.
• Cecily Addams/Underwood a minor character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
• Sister Cecily (born Elspeth) Scallon character in Rumer Godden's "In This House of Brede".
• "Cecily Smith " song by Will Connolly.